January 2008
53 posts
Michael Showalter | The A.V. Club →
avclub.com
Great interview with Michael Showalter. I very much share his taste in comedy as explained on the 3rd page.
I like silly things. I think that “silly-stupid” or “stupid-smart” might be my philosophy, which is to combine a veneer of intelligence with an undercurrent of crass stupidity.
I’m a huge Stella fan, so the fact that Shawn linked to this might explain why I love the Maniacal Rage Podcast so much.
The FAIL Blog →
failblog.wordpress.com
Funny, funny stuff on this here weblog.
via Laughing Squid
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I’ve come up with a New Years Resolution! I haven’t been drinking Coke for the last month and it feels so much better. I actually haven’t been able to bring myself to drink it, even when it would be nice/convenient. I just imagine it dissolving my teeth and giving me headaches. I think I’m going to give up high-fructose soda for good. — david
I’ve often thought about doing this, but I don’t know if I could bring myself to do it. Coke is my favorite beverage, so getting rid of it would be tough — I drink 1-2 bottles/cans a day.
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oobject » items to build an apple store →
oobject.com
Very cool (not that I could afford any of this). Via Kottke.
“Reeves also points out that the end scene on Coney Island shows something falling into the ocean in the background.”
—Cloverfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“It was the closest thing to many of my actual nightmares I’ve ever seen on film.”
—I think this about sums up my feelings on Cloverfield. Such a terrifying movie (with a fantastic ending, I might add).via LazebonesMcGee
YTMND - Cloverfield - Hidden Message →
cloverfieldmessage.ytmnd.com
Guess I should have stayed until the end of the credits!
People, I am not ignoring your emails. Rest assured. I’ll try to be better about being the email-answering supergod you hope I already am.
http://lolinator.com/lol/pixelimplosion.com/ →
lolinator.com
Hahaha, this is amusing.
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The Talk Show with John Gruber and Dan Benjamin →
thetalkshow.net
This is a priceless episode — mainly because of Cabel’s hilarious story about Candybar piracy: “Oh, my craaaazy roommate.”
IPhone: Texters rejoice! iPhone can store more text messages →
valleywag.com
You can now store 75x more text messages on the iPhone. This is fantastic news!
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Josh Sender | graphic design, photography, illustration →
joshsender.com
It’s nice that this aspiring, young designer lists me as an inspiration!
“I saw that he was not in conversation, not talking to anyone, and poking at his phone in the middle of the public floorspace so I walked over. Thinking a girl — in this case, a fangirl, me — will never get anything if she doesn’t ask for it, I lightly touched his arm. He looked at me, and I blushingly asked if it would be okay for me to ask if I could take a picture with him. He told me curtly, flatly that I was rude. And turned his back to me. The small circle of people around him sniggered. That woman you see actually snort-laughed at me, and rolled her eyes.”
—Rookie mistake… what happened with me and steve jobs on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
“Inaugural iPhone Webclip in my home screen is everybody’s favorite, Pocke…eets.”
—Twitter / Lisagor: Inaugural iPhone Webclip in…
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“Cloverfield is coming. I’m getting excited! Not because I love JJ Abrams stuff but because I hate the Statue of Liberty. Go back to France you Whore!”
—Paul Scheer.com
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Eater SF: Eater Inside: Horizon →
sf.eater.com
One of my favorite burgers comes from Oola in San Francisco, and the chef just opened a new “upscale burger lounge.” Awesome.
Via Buzz Andersen
“While HD DVD and Blu-ray have both lost key supporters recently, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace seems to just keep adding new content providers, this time bringing MGM and Disney-ABC Television Group to the fold. Conspicuous in that bothare exclusive Blu-ray supporters, Xbox 360 owners will — later this month — have access to ABC hits like Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives in HD the day after they air. So far, MGM’s announced just classic and catalog flicks like the Rocky series and The Usual Suspects, with “most” available in HD. Still looking for a Blu-ray add-on or built in HD DVD?”
—Oh snap! Apple, we demand HD content now!
Xbox Live Marketplace adds HD & SD content from ABC, MGM - Engadget HD
“Werewolf bar mitzvah, spooky, scary. Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves.”
—Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock
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MacSB Macworld dinner at Chaat Cafe (Tuesday, January 15, 2008) - Upcoming →
upcoming.yahoo.com
“Join Mac small business developers for discussion of Apple software creation and running a small independent business. We will inevitably discuss the announcements from Steve Jobs’ keynote and share tips for small, independent businesses.”
I think I’ll probably go to this.
